Best Employers in Thailand lead the way with a 24-point higher employee engagement score thanmarket average.

BANGKOK, THAILAND - Media OutReach - 6 September 2018 - Aon plc (NYSE: AON), aleading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk,retirement, and health solutions, and Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration ofChulalongkorn University, have named twelve organisations asBest Employers in Thailand for 2018.

Aon Best Employers Thailand 2018

Aon Best Employers Thailand achieved engagement scores of 86%, compared to a market average of 62%.  On an average, they also scored 23 points higher than market average across the other Best Employer indices of employer brand, effective leadership, and high-performance culture.

In adynamic economic environment, Best Employers inspire their employees with acompelling vision. 89% of employees in Best Employer organisations agree thattheir senior leadership provides them a cleardirection for the future (24 points higher than market average).

Inaddition, Best Employers have a total rewards strategy in place that focusesnot just on pay but learning and career development opportunities as well. 79%of Best Employer employees feel that they receive appropriate recognition fortheir contributions (25 points higher than market average).

The Aon Best Employers in Thailand for 2018 are:

American Express Company, wasalso recognised as Aon Best Employer Asia Pacific for 2018, after being namedAon Best Employer 2018 in Malaysia and Singapore earlier.  InterContinental Hotels Group Marriott InternationalThailand, and Marriott Vacation Club were named Aon Best Employer 2018 throughthe Global programme.

Dr. Adisak Chandprapalert, Country Leader, Talent,Rewards & Performance, Aon Thailand said:

"In adisruptive business landscape with a discerning workforce, Best Employers areagile and focus on reduced time-to market. They are supported by agile HR practices that fuelcollaboration, regular reflection, and rapid course correction, creating adifficult to replicate competitive advantage."

Panuwat Benrohman, Managing Director and Partner, Talent, Rewards & Performance, Aon Thailand, said: "Rapid digitalisation and increasing number of millennials require companies to work different and transform both the customer experience and employee experience to achieve the goals of Workforce 4.0. Best Employers invest in continuous dialogue with their employees and act on feedback quickly. In addition, they leverage digital technology, data-driven insights, and analytics to assess and select talent that is the 'right-fit' for their organisations."

Assoc.Prof. Siriyupa Roongrerngsuke, Ph.D., Deputy Director of Academic Affairs,Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of ChulalongkornUniversity, said: "When organisations have high engagement levels, employeessay good things about working there, strive harder in their jobs, and stay forthe long term, driving business performance. The Aon Best Employers programmegives Thai companies a clear view of where they stand in the market when itcomes to engaging their staff. With access to data and insights, they can makebetter people decisions that achieve organisational goals while meetingemployee expectations."

About Aon BestEmployers Programme

Aon Best Employers isa flagship programme, designed to improve employee engagement, leadershipeffectiveness, employer brand, and culture to drive high performance. It is themost credible and comprehensive study of its kind in Asia Pacific and Middle East.The study leverages on Aon's professional 3-tier assessment tools and includesparticipants from a variety of industries--including finance, F&B, hospitality,pharmaceutical, and more. Now in its 18^thyear, the Aon Best Employers programme runs across 10 markets in the region:Australia, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, New Zealand,Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

For furtherinformation about the Aon Best Employers programme, visit: apac.aonhewitt.com/bestemployersasia

About Aon

Aonplc (NYSE: AON) is a leading global professional services firm providing abroad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in120 countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data andanalytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.

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